While clearing trash from a beach, a conservationist working on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New Guinea made an amazing discovery. He discovered a sealed glass bottle half-buried in the sand, filled with grains of rice, seashells … and a handwritten message. The finder, Steve Amos, who has worked in Hawksbill sea turtle conservation and plastic collection for four years, uncurled the note. It read, “I suppose if you are reading this, it means that this bottle has survived its long journey and managed to safely land in your hands.” It turns out, almost two years earlier, an American teen, named Niki, had thrown the bottle overboard while crossing the equator on a sailboat, hoping it would reach someone, somewhere. Niki added that she hoped to find out where, and with whom, the bottle ended up. The Epoch Times contacted Niki and learned from her how that message in a bottle’s …